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[00:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02MIT evades blame! - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:19] <exec> 08└─MIT researchers search for ways to murder undesirables with impunity.
[00:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02RCTs not = Science - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:20] <exec> 08└─Can adopting more rigorous practices from the physical sciences work for economics and economic policy?
[00:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Punks - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:22] <exec> 08└─This is the so-called behaviorist economist possy, ain't it. On one hand, I can't blame them for trying something different. On the other hand, they are asinine hipster bullshit clowns (as if social science fields have any more of that). It's all cool. Maybe something good may come out of it. Just d...
[00:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:33] <exec> 08└─Seems like the summary serves the purpose and the article would be a series of examples trying to prove the point. An exercise I fail to see the point of. It's called continuity and authors, to say nothing about movie producers strive for it, and sometimes pay people to assure it. Most authors throw...
[00:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:35] <exec> 08└─Could GL not actually be a total moron after all?
[00:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:36] <exec> 08└─Or can people simply find evidence to support their pet theory anywhere they look? I suspect that if someone was so inclined they could write an article coming to the exact opposite conclusion with just as much conviction, and I'm by no means limiting my suspicion to only this article. It's like tha...
[00:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yeah, yeah... - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:38] <exec> 08└─So he planned from the start that Jar Jar was only going to be a major feature of the first film and had nothing to do with the public reaction.
[00:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02sometimes repetition in art is just repetitive ass - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:40] <exec> 08└─Big Sean - Dance (A$$) [songlyrics.com] Ass, ass, ass, ass, ass Ass, ass, ass, ass, ass Ass, ass, ass, ass, ass
[00:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:"parallel construction."? - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:51] <exec> 08└─We aren't at the point of deploying parallel construction of NSA finking for $200 shoplifting cases. That's not even a felony.
[00:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Curious - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:38:38] <exec> 08└─There are still too many tests to be done and regulations to be written before fully autonomous vehicles are going to be allowed to drive around by themselves on public roads.
[00:38:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:In other news - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:38:52] <exec> 08└─Because anything that can have even so much as an indirect effect on others (such as health problems from eating too much junk food, or drug addiction) must be heavily regulated or outright banned. You think you have a fundamental right to control your own body? Think again. Enjoy your 'freedom'.
[00:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:a jar of yeast. - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:39:07] <exec> 08└─imagine the level of street crime and violence it would cut if you give every junkie a jar, some sugar and a packet of yeast...
[00:40:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ghost [4467] (Score:1) 02Re:Will you celebrate these deaths also? - 06Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55 - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:40:24] <exec> 08└─I'm not going to celebrate when Leenart Pootering croaks, but if that's what it takes to kill off systemd....
[00:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03ghost [4467] (Score:1) 02please let it be sexual impalement! - 06Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55 - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:35] <exec> 08└─I'd also accept auto-erotic asphyxiation, but only if he was jacking off to illegally downloaded gay porn.
[00:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Would this work for... - 06British Bar Gets you Drunk with an Alcoholic Cloud - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:01] <exec> 08└─Dave's not here, man.
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[01:37:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Punks - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:32] <exec> 08└─They could become scientists by conducting experiments on the population.
[01:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 783 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:33] <exec> 08└─I read TFS. I'm thinking, "This sounds like a new fad." I read the comments. They sort of support my thought. Do I even want to read TFA? Economists. "In 70 local health clinics run by the Indian state of Haryana, the parents of a child who starts the standard series of vaccinations can walk away wi...
[01:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 589 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:34] <exec> 08└─How is that a bad thing? If your goal is to increase immunization and you do that by giving away sugar and cooking oil, and it is cheaper and more effective to do that rather than spend more on other forms of outreach, why not? It's definitely not bribery, which is a huge problem [theguardian.com] w...
[01:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:49] <exec> 08└─Unless you want to offer up some evidence that the author's analysis is faulty and the Star Wars films were not actually put together in the form of a traditional ring composition...
[01:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:''The total value of the devices was $219'' - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:05] <exec> 08└─I'd rather have them track this down than being highwaymen.
[01:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02This IS surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:38:08] <exec> 08└─Cops around the nation have been known to fail to act, even when stolen laptops have tracking software installed. So, they went the extra mile, in this case? Why? http://beyondclause8.com [beyondclause8.com] Just one of many hits on the sear...
[01:38:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score:2) 02Re:They’ll make a car - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:50] <exec> 08└─The charging cable will cost $15000 and will only be 3 feet long.
[01:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:let me recap - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:16] <exec> 08└─UC Berkeley - publicly funded institute of learning. That is, not profit driven, exactly. We've gone terribly wrong somewhere.
[01:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:a jar of yeast. - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:26] <exec> 08└─Exactly. The knee jerk line at the end of TFA is just bullshit. If junkies could produce their own stuff virtually free, it would push violent criminals out of the market place, junkies would be able to get by on panhandling alone rather than pay black market prices, and if the experience of Portuga...
[01:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:a jar of yeast. - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:28] <exec> 08└─lessen = lesson I just partook of some of America's favorit drug (alcohol). Maybe I should brew up some of its second favorite (coffee).
[01:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:a jar of yeast. - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:39:30] <exec> 08└─favorit = favorite Yeah, I'm a lightweight.
[01:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Let me know when yeast can make beer - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:31] <exec> 08└─Oh wait...
[01:43:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] 02The Welfare State - 06We’ve Consumed More Than the Earth Can Produce This Year - 521 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:43:25] <exec> 08└─The Welfare State encourages the out-of-control breeding of unskilled, uneducated populations, and when each and every person is fighting to the death over table scraps like bunches of rural Chinamen do now; they all have only themselves to blame. Humans have failed as a species, they just don't kno...
[01:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:The Welfare State - 06We’ve Consumed More Than the Earth Can Produce This Year - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:43:47] <exec> 08└─Soylent users should have a shiny badge for reaching 15+ moderations on one comment.
[01:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03chewbacon [1032] (Score:2) 02Don't feed the Bears - 06The Way We Measure Earthquakes is Stupid - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:45:24] <exec> 08└─instead of dumbing down the science, why not smarten up the people? I fear the world we are heading in to making things easier for the sake of getting a better score (I'm speaking for the United States). This easy ride is not what made this nation.
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[02:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:20] <exec> 08└─This PBS documentary [pbs.org] about an orangutan who spent 8 years at a college in Chattanooga is heart breaking. He developed amazing language skills, and the end result was that he was neither human nor orangutan any more. He referred to other orangutans as "orange dogs" because he couldn't comm...
[02:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:21] <exec> 08└─College is like that for humans too, you see, because unskilled jobs require degrees, the vast majority of college students only care about money. Those who go to college to learn something will find themselves surrounded by human dogs who are not worth communicating with for any reason whatsoever.
[02:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:24] <exec> 08└─So, a few hundred thousand years ago, some creatures came to earth and genetically altered a genus of primates and here we are... Yay! (That, or Darwin was right.)
[02:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 431 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:38] <exec> 08└─Cheap incentive = bribery. I don't know how you can say otherwise. When our children were little, we would entice them to do things, like clean up their rooms, with the promise of a coveted dessert. But, we were honest with ourselves, as well as with the kids. It was bribery, and we used the word "b...
[02:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:39] <exec> 08└─The funny thing about people that are dirt poor - they need an incentive to do things that they wouldn't normally go out of their way to do: “We have learned something about why immunization rates are low,” says Esther Duflo, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cam...
[02:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How to analyze an RCT - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:41] <exec> 08└─1) Think of all the possible things that could influence the results in addition to your treatment. 2) Estimate the size of each of those. 3) Determine how likely the difference in outcomes may be due to some combination of these factors 4) If the difference seems too big to be explained, tentativel...
[02:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:51] <exec> 08└─Possibly because I remember when Lucas said flat out that "making sequels is for losers who can't think up new stuff" ... I'm with HelloGreedo on this. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com] It's basically wanking on deja-recognition of imaginary patterns.
[02:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:56] <exec> 08└─As I mention above, I take Lucas' own words as evidence. In an interview he said flat out that sequels were for losers, hence there would be none, period. Then the money really started rolling in, and then there were always going to be three. And then... I'm reminded of a book-length treatise that w...
[02:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"parallel construction."? - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:11] <exec> 08└─Gang. LOL
[02:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:This IS surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:17] <exec> 08└─If you read the article, the comtrollers were stolen from Walmart and they left the boxes behind. The store had security footage of them. It is an easy slam dunk for the cops weekly arrest quota. Also, it was a big business they stole from, not a private citizen.
[02:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:This IS surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:19] <exec> 08└─So - all men are created equal, but some are more equal than others, right? Wal-Mart gets this kind of service, but a private citizen does not. A slam dunk is a slam dunk. If John Q. Citizen reports a stolen electronic device, supplies the serial number, proof of ownership, and the tracking logs, th...
[02:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:This IS surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:21] <exec> 08└─> So - all men are created equal, but some are more equal than others, right? > Wal-Mart gets this kind of service, but a private citizen does not. You are 59 years old and you are just figuring this out now? Money talks. Any private citizen who pays tens of thousands in property taxes each year can...
[02:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score:2) 02Re:This IS surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:22] <exec> 08└─A slam dunk is a slam dunk. If John Q. Citizen reports a stolen electronic device, supplies the serial number, proof of ownership, and the tracking logs, then the cops have a slam dunk just as surely as they had in this case. But, most often, they will not act on John Q's information.
[02:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I was interviewed by the Onion on this topic - 06Why HBO, Netflix, and Amazon Want your Kids - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:35] <exec> 08└─> I have TV (with built in wireless receivers), but they are cheaper than true monitor. Ah, but are they cheaper than false monitor? That is the question any oxymoron should really be asking.
[02:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Walled garden - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:10] <exec> 08└─iCars will only run on iRoads. You have to buy a license to drive on each segment of iRoad for a measly $0.99 USD from the Apple App Store. iCars will actively tailgate and drive dangerously around non-iCars, like those heretic Google Cars. You can choose from the 15 MPH, 30 MPH, 45 MPH, and 60 MPH...
[02:39:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Large bumper bars? - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:11] <exec> 08└─To be arrogant enough to be an Apple car, they will have to base it on a Volvo.
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[03:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:37:18] <exec> 08└─Hey, I saw a movie like that [wikimedia.org] too!
[03:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The first thing they'll say - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:20] <exec> 08└─Get your hands off me you damn dirty human!
[03:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:37:53] <exec> 08└─Unless you want to offer up some evidence that [the films] ... were not actually put together in the form of a traditional ring composition
[03:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''The total value of the devices was $219'' - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:12] <exec> 08└─Amen. Mind you, I'm not complaining that they're actually doing legit law enforcement for a change. I am surprised by that turn of events. Fat goof-off cops is a meme so common that it gets put into lyrics. [google.com] -- gewg_
[03:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:manufacturing autos or systems? - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:47] <exec> 08└─I don't see why they need an actual self driving car in order to develop entertainment for one.
[03:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:More importantly - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:56] <exec> 08└─You won't own a car. The car will own you.
[03:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You miss the point completely, Tathra - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:39:43] <exec> 08└─If you did all those things, what excuse would there be to militarize the cops and keep around the Nazi-sounding Department of Homeland Security? Too many people would start asking too many questions at that point. A few people dead or scared and some property damage or (better yet, since it can be...
[03:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Could this be karma?? - 06Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55 - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:14] <exec> 08└─No.
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[04:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02not like the spokesperson is informed... - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 682 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:25] <exec> 08└─He would be the last person that would be told about any kind of classified program to work mouth-to-dick with the NSA. This is not a surprise to virtually anybody reading this forum. The problem is, 99% of the population don't know this, and even worse, if they did know it, would go "oh, well, as l...
[04:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02stinks from the head - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:26] <exec> 08└─wow. blurry line between state actor and commercial entity. moto: support the fishhead!
[04:38:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Popeidol [35] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:13] <exec> 08└─I like David Malki's point of view [wondermark.com] (It's worth reading the whole thing): What makes more sense to me is that, faced with the prospect of making prequel movies, and not wanting to screw it up, Lucas looked back at the original trilogy, and mined it. ...It’s kind of like a Rorchach...
[04:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I was interviewed by the Onion on this topic - 06Why HBO, Netflix, and Amazon Want your Kids - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:55] <exec> 08└─The IKEA monitor looks great and all, but no remotes or any kind of connection on the back. Though it does say 60", so makes friends drool.
[04:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:More importantly - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 850 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:39:14] <exec> 08└─Maybe, but last weekend I was nearly hit by a red sedan with a SciFi type setup on it's roof. It ran a stop sign right in front of me. Fortunately I still have fast reactions, and even though there were skid marks, avoided collision. A magnetic sign on the door said "Apple Maps". I assumed it was it...
[04:41:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Will you celebrate these deaths also? - 06Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55 - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:23] <exec> 08└─I doubt he was born a first-class asshole. It was probably people like you that turned him into one--I know this first hand because it's happening to me! Or, to put it another way, Linus Torvalds has made an invaluable contribution to society. WTF have YOU done? Oh, and I'm definitely happy that one...
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[05:37:22] <exec> 08└─We do not (but may have in the past) voluntarily provide information (we were compelled to by law or out of fiduciary duty to shareholders) etc. etc.
[05:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A Kafkaesque maelstrom of confusion and insanity - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:23] <exec> 08└─maybe its just the technology, that got caught up with ethics and now we see what human ethics are worth, and americans are just the first nation to go where stasi didnt ever knew it was possible to go? Its fascinating to think. that some people want to reenact this book :D https://en.wikipedia.org
[05:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:36] <exec> 08└─Not saying it was aliens... but it was aliens.
[05:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The first thing they'll say - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:37] <exec> 08└─Stop touching my junk!
[05:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:53] <exec> 08└─"Bribery" typically only refers to giving cash "donations" in exchange for favors, which is why lobbyists buying expensive vacations, dinners, hookers, drugs, etc, as "gifts" for political representatives isn't classified as bribery (even though everyone knows it is). While technically you could say...
[05:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03cnst [4275] (Score:1) 02indeed surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:38:40] <exec> 08└─I've had an uncommon Garmin GPS device with a GSM/EDGE 2G radio on AT&T network, with an active subscription, and I was trying to make a police department in Sacramento (California) try to locate it, absolutely fruitless. Tried calling Garmin, AT&T and the local Sacramento PD, and they all were comp...
[05:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:''If you know what you're doing'' - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:40:31] <exec> 08└─I don't think this is the real gewg. This sounds like some Apple shill, not the reasonable gewg we've all known and loved.
[05:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:defense of Kaspersky - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:40:33] <exec> 08└─I don't mistrust the folk at Kaspersky Lab. But they are now under the thumb of Putin, and I put him in about the same league as the Koch brothers. People the world would be a lot better off without.
[05:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03blackhawk [5275] (Score:1) 02Re:Ticks are everywhere right now - 06A Tick Bite Can Lead to Limb Amputations - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:01] <exec> 08└─Paralysis tics are mainly a problem for pets, rather than humans. Most people will spot one well before it's done any real damage to them. Sure, it's the stuff of nightmares for their mouths to be buried into your flesh and for them to lay eggs under your skin, but you're not going to die from it. L...
[05:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03CirclesInSand [2899] (Score:2) 02Re:Don't celebrate. - 06Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55 - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:41] <exec> 08└─What if someone had to work really hard to kill him? I think it would be OK then.
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[06:37:21] <exec> 08└─Fill me with your noodly appendages!
[06:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02As always - follow the money - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:33] <exec> 08└─Remember CISPA? All the major corporations become "partners" with the US government. Spying on citizens is both encouraged and required. And, all the data is shared among the partners. Is there money to be made by joining such a partnership? Anyone who chooses to believe the bullshit spouted by the...
[06:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score:1) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:44] <exec> 08└─Wow, reading that summery, it sounds so much like the Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie, enough that one might think that they based the movie in part around this story, maybe even the character of Maurice who was also an orangutan that could use sign language, except of course that this document...
[06:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ring theory? - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:15] <exec> 08└─So, is there a Jar Jar Binks equation?
[06:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:indeed surprising - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:53] <exec> 08└─> I bet by checking their access logs alone they could easily tell me or the police department with the location of the thing. That's reason enough not to buy one. I use a stand-alone GPS unit specifically because I don't want it phoning home and reporting my location.
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[07:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Finally! - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:27] <exec> 08└─Proof that god exists and doesn't want to hang around with us.
[07:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Username [4557] (Score:2) 02Re:Curious - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 489 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:39:51] <exec> 08└─Samsung has been making electric vehicles since the 70s. It’s just they’re all industrial vehicles like forklifts, cranes, mining dollies, etc. They’ve had the technology to make an electric car for a long time, but I’m guessing they haven’t entered the market since it’s not profitable....
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[08:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Manuals are full of Lies - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:38:06] <exec> 08└─Manuals are utterly worthless because they describe what a thing is supposed to do, not what it does. I implore you, save the manuals with fire. Burn them. Burn them all. Burn the Lies.
[08:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Finally! - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:38:17] <exec> 08└─Nobody wants to hang around with God except God. How else do you explain the Trinity? The Big Guy was so lonely He had to split Himself in three because nobody would talk to Him. Makes sense too because He was always judging people and smiting them and banishing His own Angels to Hell and generally...
[08:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TGV [2838] (Score:2) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 475 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:38:42] <exec> 08└─If he couldn't communicate with them, that settles the question: apes do not have a language. For the rest: Koko's linguistic skills are almost absent. So now she can make noises. But making noises to signal intent is not enough to speak a language. Apes are intelligent, no doubt. With enough traini...
[08:41:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Bot [3902] 02let me recap - 06Genetically Engineered Yeasts Produce Thebaine and Hydrocodone - 409 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:10] <exec> 08└─- pharma studies natural ingredients, and try to synthesize its components because they are patentable. - genetic engineering alters other plants to produce that synthetic stuff naturally - in the meantime the world deposits of natural diversity, where who knows many effective cures exist, are destr...
[08:41:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02Re:Call me cynical - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 851 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:41:44] <exec> 08└─Coming so soon after Kaspersky was singled out as being the security packages that the NSA and GCHQ were having the most difficulty in compromising as well... I think I'll wait for some more supporting evidence, in either direction, before jumping to conclusions - some of the supposed bogus files up...
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[09:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 021 copy of each - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:36] <exec> 08└─Yeah that's a real good backup policy you have there. I bet you think RAID is a kind of backup too so you use RAID0 for everything. Even underfunded public libraries keep multiple copies of fucking romance novels, you dumb shit.
[09:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sir Finkus [192] (Score:2) 02Re:1 copy of each - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:38:38] <exec> 08└─I think the idea is that they aren't going to have enough space/time/money to store all of them, so they're concentrating on making sure they get at least one copy of everything. Based on the pictures I've seen, they have a LOT of stuff.
[09:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The travesty... - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 746 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:40] <exec> 08└─was waiting until the weekend before to announce this rather than pushing this story to the public earlier and seeing what kind of arrangements could be made. I can't be the only one who would've made travel arrangements to either help pack and transport or offer to purchase at some flat rate the no...
[09:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The travesty... - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:38:41] <exec> 08└─engage community interest before the last minute
[09:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:The travesty... - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:38:43] <exec> 08└─TFA quote with my emphasis: Earlier this year, a number of kind folks told me that an esteemed seller of manuals was going to be getting out of the business. I lamented but didn’t give it much thought. As the months went on, I eventually got into contact with them, and they with me, and we discuss...
[09:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Huh, wut? - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 741 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:45] <exec> 08└─"with the rest going into a dumpster." There's this newfangled modern thingy, called "Ebay". If it is AT ALL possible to store all this stuff short term, then the dupes ought to be auctioned off on Ebay. At least, that's the route that I would take. Yes, of course only one person in two or ten milli...
[09:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:39:17] <exec> 08└─https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/anonymox/ [mozilla.org] Try this - you can be anywhere you want :)
[09:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:39:19] <exec> 08└─"flowers for algernon" I thought that was pretty stupid - until I watched the video. Yeah, it's pretty appropriate. We showed him that there is a great big, exciting world out there, then we locked him in a little bitty cage for years, then finally moved him to a somewhat larger cage. Note that if h...
[09:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02This smells - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 2230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:40:35] <exec> 08└─As others have pointed out there is something here that just does not sit right. We have multiple occasions where US$1000+ laptops, cars equipped with non Lojack GPS trackers and mobile phones that can all be tracked and the location of the item placed to within 5 feet. Easy tags for the police, and...
[09:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score:2) 02Re:manufacturing autos or systems? - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:41:09] <exec> 08└─Because you can't build good UIs without user testing (a lesson that a lot of software projects - open and proprietary alike - could do well to learn). You can go a little bit of the way with simulators, but you'll lose real-world use cases. For example, you probably want to integrate the maps app w...
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[10:38:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:58] <exec> 08└─Randall Munroe is a cunt. [nniling.us]
[10:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:38:59] <exec> 08└─You've got the wrong link. http://www.salon.com [salon.com]
[10:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Understandable - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:00] <exec> 08└─I guess Munroe's "What If" is understood by vastly more people than Hawking's "A Brief History of Time". Which makes it absolutely understandable that it also sells better.
[10:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02waking up early - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:14] <exec> 08└─wake and break
[10:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02two ways you could interpret this news - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:15] <exec> 08└─(1) Air travel is risky, crashes happen. (2) HOLY FUCK THE TERRISTS HAVE ANOTHER PLANE WTF WILL THEY DO WITH IT??????????
[10:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:1) 02Re:1 copy of each - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:28] <exec> 08└─I have a hard time imagining how they are going to find space to store even just the one copy of each. Manuals can be big and bulky - sometimes unnecessarily so. When someone cleans house to make space, the old manuals are usually the first to go. Perhaps these manual will eventually get electronica...
[10:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:1) 02Re:Huh, wut? - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:33] <exec> 08└─These manuals were already for sale via the Manuals Plus web site. That is what the company did. There obviously weren't enough people interested before to keep the company in business. A "going out of business sale" or a buyout would have been nice, but often situations change too fast to do things...
[10:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh, wut? - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:35] <exec> 08└─Ahhh - got it. Well - sometimes, you've just got to clean house.
[10:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:40:21] <exec> 08└─Intelligent design is real and god is dead!
[10:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03panachocala [464] (Score:2) 02Organic stevia and botanical-infused EVOO - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:49] <exec> 08└─What would it take to get this working in the US?
[10:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:04] <exec> 08└─I for one like bad movies. They entertaining in their own way, if not in the intended way.
[10:41:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 49 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:06] <exec> 08└─Could GL not actually be a total moron after all?
[10:41:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 182 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:08] <exec> 08└─Unless you want to offer up some evidence that the author's analysis is faulty and the Star Wars films were not actually put together in the form of a traditional ring composition...
[10:41:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:10] <exec> 08└─Perhaps it is you who needs to do some reading and not assume that the article is correct simply by virtue of existing. Might I suggest starting with the Secret History of Star Wars, which will lead you away from the oft-spoken of idea that Star Wars was born complete? It's a story. It's not a work...
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[11:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:38:36] <exec> 08└─No, you're just an ignorant piece of shit. Randall seems to really, really like cunnilingus, going so far as to create http://cu.nniling.us [nniling.us] a redirect to xkcd itself
[11:38:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:38:37] <exec> 08└─Nope, no shit. If it tastes like shit, you've got some serious overbite. http://patdollard.com [patdollard.com]
[11:38:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 1120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:38:39] <exec> 08└─Not working for you today? Well why don't you contact your hero and tell him to pull the tampon out of his cunt? Domain Name: NNILING.US Domain ID: D10050593-US Sponsoring Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar URL...
[11:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:38:40] <exec> 08└─You're making stuff up - but I'm not. http://www.westword.com [westword.com]
[11:38:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02lemme talk down to ya, bitch - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:42] <exec> 08└─You can't understand science, motherfucker. Ima gonna dumb it down fo ya, cause you a stupid bitch, bitch. Pay me to insult yo fucking ass! - XKCD GUY
[11:38:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:waking up early - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:52] <exec> 08└─Are you saying you broke that plane because you woke too early?
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[11:38:54] <exec> 08└─(3) Putin is invading Indonesia.
[11:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:two ways you could interpret this news - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:56] <exec> 08└─(4) Palmer strikes again [theguardian.com]
[11:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:two ways you could interpret this news - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:38:57] <exec> 08└─(3) Economic crisis has cut into aircraft maintenance cost too deep.
[11:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:Huh, wut? - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:39:15] <exec> 08└─It might still be worth proactively reaching out to various computing related museums around the world and see if they might be interested in any of the spares on an optional donation + P&P basis rather than just consigning them to the dumpster (which I hope is going to the local paper recycling pla...
[11:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Colonial Animal? - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 631 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:26] <exec> 08└─Now that we're over the Pastafarian comments, can someone explain to the difference between a colonial animal, arising from one cell (analogous to an egg) that divides and differentiates into the constituent elements of the colonial animal, and a man, arising from one cell (an egg) that divides and...
[11:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:39:59] <exec> 08└─So I take it you're arguing that the aforementioned event happened ~4000 years ago?
[11:42:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Re:Curious - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:18] <exec> 08└─Are yee daft mon? 4 states currently license the use of self driving cars on the public roads in normal traffic.
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[12:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score:2) 02Koko - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 1723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:20] <exec> 08└─I remember watching a documentary about Koko many years ago now, where the handlers described how she had somehow taken to pointing to her eyebrow to ask for food. Her food was referred to by the handlers as "browse", and she routinely used "I" to refer to herself. Somehow she had made the phonetic...
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[13:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Secret plan revealed: - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:24] <exec> 08└─NSA: Hey turn off the civil IMEI's. AT&T: OK. We still completely safe from any prosecution or litigation? NSA: You betcha. AT&T: Cool. [AT&T runs script to SET KIM_JONG_UN_MODE = 1 && reboot]
[13:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Secret plan revealed: - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:37:26] <exec> 08└─Probably closer to the truth than you think, including a large portion of the population thinking that the government is doing them a favour.
[13:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Secret plan revealed: - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:37:28] <exec> 08└─Probably closer to the truth than you think, including a large portion of the population thinking that the government is doing its duty to protect them
[13:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Increasingly stupid thing to do in the first place - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 667 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:37:29] <exec> 08└─Beware the unforseen consequences. One small problem with this idea is that an increasingly large number of telemetry type data devices are using the mobile phone networks to transfer their data, and are quite often doing to with SIMs that are no different than those found in consumer devices instea...
[13:38:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Huh, wut? - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:38:14] <exec> 08└─Meow
[13:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Koko - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:38:59] <exec> 08└─What about kitty kats?
[13:42:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03zugedneb [4556] (Score:2) 02Re:''If you know what you're doing'' - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:03] <exec> 08└─But this gewg is not _wrong_, as such... Up till W7, windows did everything to make the user feel "served", and other to give service. Selfstarting exe on disc media, various scripts that run in the browser, Office and other programs running strange scripts and having not sane privileges, user being...
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[14:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:26] <exec> 08└─In China, generally speaking, everybody is violating some laws and regulations all the time. That is OK. It only becomes a problem when either something bad happens, or when you piss off someone important. My experience in how things worked there where very different from how things usually go in NW...
[14:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:37:27] <exec> 08└─Is there going to be torture and finger chopping?!??!?!!?!?!
[14:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:37:29] <exec> 08└─70 times more than it should have been holding at one time
[14:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02the power was abused - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:37:41] <exec> 08└─the DHS abused this power by cutting cell service to protesters. it seems like the court recognized this was bullshit and thus are exposing them to counteract said bullshit. the lesson here is that if you abuse your power, you will lose your power.
[14:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Subsentient [1111] (Score:2) 02Hmm - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:38:10] <exec> 08└─Something is eating planes near Indonesia/Malaysia (which share parts of the same island). Strange. This is the third such incident, yes?
[14:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The jackass - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:38:25] <exec> 08└─Jason Scott is a clueless self-promoting jackass. He's been working on this since the beginning of the year, and now he's crying the blues because the underestimated and fucked up the logistics.
[14:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bart [2844] (Score:1) 02Smart birds - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:16] <exec> 08└─Watching documentaries on Keas [youtube.com] and Caledonian crows [youtube.com] it seems to me that the intelligence of primates is overrated. The typical 3 year old human can't solve some of these puzzles!. And there are plenty of birds that can 'speak', with large vocabularies.
[14:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03efitton [1077] (Score:2) 02Kid, singular - 06Why HBO, Netflix, and Amazon Want your Kids - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:41] <exec> 08└─"Do you keep Netflix, Hulu, etc. for the kids?" Yes. Her attention span is too short for movies and that is too much screen time for most days. But a 1/2 a George or Daniel Tiger or queuing up a Doc McStuffins with breakfast is golden. And she is growing up without worrying about when a show is on....
[14:41:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Or they could buy Tesla - 06Documents Confirm Apple is Building Self-driving Car - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:24] <exec> 08└─Tesla is hemorrhaging cash, and Musk apparently has pitched Apple in the past, so it would make some sense. The price tag: high, but Apple could easily afford it (to buy the company that is). But, making money from selling Tesla cars would be more challenging.
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[15:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Good or bad? - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:19] <exec> 08└─I don't get it. Are the terrorists winning or did Obama destroy America? TELL ME!!!!!!!11
[15:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:20] <exec> 08└─This is one of the reasons why most people will never, ever consider using BitCoin. And they are right not to - this is an absolutely absurd way for currency to be handled.
[15:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Redundant) 02Who woulda guessed? - 06Security Researcher Demonstrates How Parrot Drones Are Easily Taken Down or Hijacked - 723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:28] <exec> 08└─Drones, like every other computational device, is subject to being hacked? Who woulda guessed. Just like anything else if people put poorly written software on a drone it too can be hacked. No surprise there. Just because it's on a drone or a car doesn't mean it's hack proof. Drones being hacked can...
[15:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:37:40] <exec> 08└─Pretty much this. I just did some digging and managed to find this page [xinhuanet.com] on Rui Hai which concludes with the rather ominous line "Executives of the company have been controlled." It doesn't take much imagination to see through what that particular euphemism implies.
[15:37:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:37:42] <exec> 08└─One of the features of a civillised, progressive society is one in which lessons can be learned from such incidents. Killing someone to make an example of them and shouting at everyone else, "Be more careful!" doesn't result in progress.
[15:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 795 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:37:44] <exec> 08└─China isn't a civilized society in that regard. I lived there for 16 months and I don't recall ever having seen a single person learning from a mistake. I left and won't be going back any time soon speciifically because the foreigners are responsible for basically everything even when incompetent, r...
[15:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:37:45] <exec> 08└─For the adulterated baby formula abuses of 2008 (4 infants dead; 12,892 hospitalized), 2 people were executed. One wonders what will come of this case.
[15:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03btendrich [3700] (Score:1) 02Re:the power was abused - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:37:56] <exec> 08└─You almost sound as if you believe that...
[15:38:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:38:09] <exec> 08└─Not sure I want what's behind this now, but 'whois nniling.us' does indeed show the information parent posted here, I just tried it in my shell. It also shows Domain Registration Date: Thu May 04 23:37:26 GMT 2006
[15:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hmm - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:26] <exec> 08└─Or they are trying to kill someone. Their mind-reading brigade says there is one person in that area (an adult or child) who will change the future away from their plans. All these planes dropping out of the skies are collateral damage. They just want to kill one person. And innocent people will con...
[15:38:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02scan! - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 1148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:38:47] <exec> 08└─Make digital copies of these manuals. It's the surest way to preserve them. That would violate copyright of course. But scan them anyway. Some of those manuals are 80 years old, and should have been out of copyright decades ago. The companies that produced them may be long gone, and finding someone...
[15:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:39:29] <exec> 08└─The last common ancestor of Homo Sapiens Sapiens with Gorilla Gorilla is about 10 million years...
[15:40:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03PizzaRollPlinkett [4512] (Score:2) 02"Assuming it was intentional" - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 2086 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:17] <exec> 08└─I tend to disagree with this article's analysis. The prequels are similar to Return of the Jedi because George "Lack of Vision" Lucas had more input into these four films than the first two. If you study the developmental process such as through original draft scripts, the Dark Horse adaptation of "...
[15:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nollij [4559] (Score:2) 02Re:This smells - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 795 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:40:45] <exec> 08└─One of Lojack's big selling points: They know how to work "the system". They know what data to provide the cops, judges, etc. They know WHICH cops, etc to speak with to get results. Presumably, Walmart has the same people on staff. There's probably more involved here than was in TFA, but I blame slo...
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[16:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 1118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:22] <exec> 08└─Perhaps now is the time to sell? There are not many alternatives to the rebel that wants to fasionably be anti-social online, though. Perhaps a new anonymous currency is needed. Considering what has happened to those in charge of the various exchanges (regardless of the ethics those people have foll...
[16:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:24] <exec> 08└─I've not yet figured out how bitcoin (or any other computer generated currency) might be better OR worse than US currency. It's all make believe, right? I guess the best thing to do, is generate as many bitcoins as possible, and use them to purchase more durable goods. Ice cream, maybe?
[16:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:26] <exec> 08└─Fiat is the wrong word. Bitcoins seem comparable to fiat currencies because they aren't backed by any tangible asset, but this isn't the only property of fiat currencies. A fiat currency has some institution which is responsible for issuing it. Fiat currencies and crypto currencies are both valued b...
[16:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2, Offtopic) 02Of more interest ... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:27] <exec> 08└─Of more interest is that Reddit is up to some very unlikeable behaviour again (or still?). How's Voat going?
[16:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:1) 02Re:Of more interest ... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:29] <exec> 08└─I modded you off-topic because the issue mentioned in the summary was with the Bitcoin sub-reddit's moderators, not the corporate types of Reddit. Voat still has moderators. I like the idea of Voat replacing Reddit, but I don't think this is related to it at all.
[16:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03joshuac [3623] (Score:1) 02This is a feature, not a vulnerability - 06Security Researcher Demonstrates How Parrot Drones Are Easily Taken Down or Hijacked - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:36] <exec> 08└─The Parrot drones are cleverly made to be accessible to curious minds. We need more "cruddy kids toys" made this way. For years, since the AR drone and through multiple platform revisions they've shipped with telnet open, it's certainly by design and not an accident. This is what the term "hacker" h...
[16:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:37:52] <exec> 08└─The baby formula, OTOH, was a very big trade issue - China's been trying to portray its products as safe for a long time. It set them back a very long time, with many people still refusing to touch any food that comes from China.
[16:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02TORTURE - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:37:54] <exec> 08└─WILL EARLY-MODERN EUROPEAN STYLE TORTURE OCCUR (Sawing off limbs, smashing limbs and then burning them, cutting off genitals, pulling out entrals, all while alive) ???? 100 dead.
[16:38:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:the power was abused - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:38:07] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure that the DHS was the one to shut down cellphone service. A naive reading of the summary/article would seem to suggest that, but it doesn't explicitly say it. It simply says that the request to the DHS was made chronologically following the shutdown, not that the DHS was involved in the...
[16:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:38:21] <exec> 08└─You can get a little more info here - http://forums.xkcd.com [xkcd.com] It isn't clear to me who is who, or who might be full of crap, or anything else. Combatting domain squatter? Huh? On my end, I can't get a page to load with or without the cu. prefix, so it's pretty op...
[16:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03cellocgw [4190] (Score:1) 02the true origin story - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:11] <exec> 08└─This thing needs to be watched carefully: it's clearly the bastard offspring of an unholy mating between the FSM and Cthulhu.
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[17:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good or bad? - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:22] <exec> 08└─Tyrannical despots are oppressing the people by silencing their voices and ensuring democracy is dead; so its a bad thing.
[17:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good or bad? - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:23] <exec> 08└─Obviously, Obama is destroying bitcoin because it poses a threat to National Security.
[17:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03cosurgi [272] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:27] <exec> 08└─Some people are moving into litecoins.
[17:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 1243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:28] <exec> 08└─Why is it more absurd than what happens with the currencies we are accustomed to? At least the Bitcoin fork is up-front, and the potential problems are well-understood, as are the solution. In the most simplest case: just sit on your bitcoings until the fracas is over - they will be valid regardless...
[17:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:30] <exec> 08└─And the lack of sufficient inflation for growth or ability to set monetary policy according to economic conditions is why Bitcoin won't ever be a primary currency anywhere. Bitcoin is a rentseekers wet dream, but we will not stand for it.
[17:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:32] <exec> 08└─The U.S. fiat currency is backed up by something called taxes and the threat of prison for not paying those taxes. Bitcoin does not have such legal authority to impose taxes with threat of punishment for not paying them. Thus there is always demand for dollars but not always demand for bitcoins so l...
[17:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:33] <exec> 08└─Threat of force isn't generally considered a tangible asset. I understand that the US government's threat of force adds stability to the price of the dollar, but I don't think this fact is relevant to whether or not it is fiat currency. I'm certainly not arguing that BTC is less volatile than USD. T...
[17:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02VISA? - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:36] <exec> 08└─which VISA are we talking about? [wikipedia.org] Visa Inc. or perhaps Virtual Instrument Software Architecture?
[17:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Skyjack - 06Security Researcher Demonstrates How Parrot Drones Are Easily Taken Down or Hijacked - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:37:46] <exec> 08└─This guy [samy.pl] put a raspberry pi and a wifi dongle on his Parrot AR, and programmed it to go around finding other Parrot ARs to hijack. And he put the code on github [github.com] two years ago.
[17:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:38:00] <exec> 08└─That's very interesting. There was a BBC TV programme this week about an experiment where some British school kids were taught for a month by some highly-regarded Chinese teachers. The kids ran rings around the teachers.
[17:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:38:01] <exec> 08└─the Chinese pretty much handle these problems the same way, kill the guy in charge and move on like nothing happened.
[17:38:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:38:02] <exec> 08└─As compared to the American way (do nothing at all) which is better?
[17:38:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:38:04] <exec> 08└─As compared to the American way (give them a raise and plenty of bonuses) which is better?
[17:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:38:06] <exec> 08└─And it turns out that the head of a faction in Beijing politics was directly responsible for overseeing the factory, so he was controlled, too.
[17:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Moloch whose blood is running money! - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:09] <exec> 08└─Video of the explosion can be found here. [youtube.com]
[17:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score:2) 02The 'thousand most common English words'? - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:38:40] <exec> 08└─From TFS: ... using only the thousand most common English words.
[17:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Finally! - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:39:27] <exec> 08└─technically speaking noone could ever be near enough to hang out with god, because being close enough to hear meant that the thing has consumed you and integrated your data in its systems... Thats why God has an interface, called Metatron. It allowed to hang out with god without merging with it, acc...
[17:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:3, Flamebait) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 827 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:39:55] <exec> 08└─That's a pretty small minded comment. What would you do if dumped in the middle of a country where you did not speak the language? You would gesture and make noises to try to get your point across, which will work for extremely simple things like asking for food or water or an object or something li...
[17:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03TGV [2838] (Score:2) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 984 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:39:56] <exec> 08└─If a human were dropped in Myanmar, (s)he could pick up the words for water and food within a day. There have been so many examples of people acquiring other languages without training. If an orangutan cannot communicate with others of his species, it's because they don't have a language. However .....
[17:40:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03RedBear [1734] 02Koko - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 1723 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:05] <exec> 08└─I remember watching a documentary about Koko many years ago now, where the handlers described how she had somehow taken to pointing to her eyebrow to ask for food. Her food was referred to by the handlers as "browse", and she routinely used "I" to refer to herself. Somehow she had made the phonetic...
[17:40:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02RCTs not = Science - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 103 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:16] <exec> 08└─Can adopting more rigorous practices from the physical sciences work for economics and economic policy?
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[18:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03TechieRefugee [5665] (Score:1) 02The Average Person - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:17] <exec> 08└─Perhaps a positive side-effect of these exploits is the average person may come to pay more attention to security and privacy.
[18:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:2) 02Re:The Average Person - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 999 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:37:18] <exec> 08└─I think the average person is intimately aware that there are threats "out there" but has no idea what they are, how serious they are, or how to defend themselves. Given so much hyperbole and conflicting information, they take the low-energy strategy, which is simply to put their faith/trust in the...
[18:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02There was a day - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 640 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:20] <exec> 08└─I used to enjoy weather.com. Althought not a "regular" on the site, I would look at the forecast, then click a video or two. It finally became near impossible to view the videos because of my adblockers. End result? I just don't visit anymore. I get the same weather forecast from NOAA, without any a...
[18:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:36] <exec> 08└─the lack of sufficient inflation for growth
[18:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:37] <exec> 08└─they will be valid regardless of the outcome
[18:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:43] <exec> 08└─JNCF answered well enough. I'll add that fiat money includes pretty much any money that has no intrinsic value. Gold doubloons retain their value after hundreds of years, if they are found again. Gold has an intrinic value, no matter how long they lie on an ocean floor, or stay buried in a pirate's...
[18:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:VISA? - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:37:47] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Inc. [wikipedia.org]
[18:39:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02AirAsia - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:07] <exec> 08└─It should be noted that this is the same airline that lost another airliner this year. While the investigation is not complete, it's fairly clear that the pilots of that flight screwed up. It wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happened again.
[18:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:Wow - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:40:37] <exec> 08└─Bribery covers all goods and services, not just money. [wikipedia.org]
[18:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02RCT would be nice - 06Randomized Controlled Trials Transforming Global Development Policies - 507 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:40] <exec> 08└─In a modern democracy, like for example... In a modern democracy, laws should be drafted with an objective, a time frame, and before getting effective it should be tested in small scenarios with standard statistic and possibly RCT techniques. The law should reach the objective, if it doesn't, it mus...
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[19:37:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:The Average Person - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:25] <exec> 08└─Quote>I think the average person is intimately aware that there are threats "out there" but has no idea what they are, how serious they are, or how to defend themselves. It will only get worse. Recent commercials for an upgrade of a well known operating system include phrases like "your children wil...
[19:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03digitalaudiorock [688] (Score:2) 02There was a day when using NoScript was possible - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:27] <exec> 08└─If tens or hundreds of thousands of people abandon sites like weather.com because of this nonsense, then the site WILL find another business model.
[19:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 368 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:28] <exec> 08└─I've very recently added Privacy Badger to my browsing security mix, an anti-tracker put out by the folks at the EFF. Used with NoScript you can spot which scripts are for tracking and which may have to do with a site's function. Of course, some sites are so broken you can't use any security, at whi...
[19:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:There was a day - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:37:30] <exec> 08└─forecast.io best weather site I've found. seems to have no ads (or, my blockers work well and the content still comes thru)
[19:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TrumpetPower! [590] (Score:2) 02Multiple points of failure - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 860 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:31] <exec> 08└─It's almost as if these ad networks were designed for this sort of thing. Get your "malvertisement" into any one of the many ad networks by compromising any one of their many customers (or perhaps becoming a customer yourself?) and, hey-presto, instant widespread distribution. At least the major OS...
[19:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:46] <exec> 08└─> the [Bitcoin] lack of [government] ability to set monetary policy That's a feature, not a bug.
[19:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:48] <exec> 08└─In the most simplest case: just sit on your bitcoings until the fracas is over - they will be valid regardless of the outcome.
[19:37:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:37:55] <exec> 08└─> The U.S. fiat currency is backed up by something called taxes and the threat of prison Yes and I can hand out lollipops and threaten to shoot anyone who doesn't bend the knee and worship them, but that doesn't bestow actual value on the candy. Well not more than it already had, which is more than...
[19:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 725 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:38:24] <exec> 08└─I would love to see a few thousand CEOs, bank executives, criminal cops, corrupt judges (like the two that stole the lives of thousands of children that they sentenced to serve time in a private prison for millions of dollars in kick-backs), corrupt politicians, etc., hanged, guillotined, drawn and...
[19:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:38:29] <exec> 08└─the Chinese pretty much handle these problems the same way, kill the guy in charge and move on like nothing happened.
[19:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:39:03] <exec> 08└─That's really funny, because Randall was self-righteously whining about how the sciences need more women blah blah blah, and here he is objectifying them with a cunnilingus website so he can grunt and knead his tiny pee-pee because all that sucking up to his female co-workers hasn't yet earned him a...
[19:39:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:39:04] <exec> 08└─You only know that someone who was familiar with XKCD all those years ago created that web site. Any fan-boy could have used his name to register that site. And, you might ask some women whether cunnilingus is an objectification of women. In my experience, women like men who don't pull the wham-bam-...
[19:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:AirAsia - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:25] <exec> 08└─It should be noted that this is the same airline that lost another airliner this year. While the investigation is not complete, it's fairly clear that the pilots of that flight screwed up. It wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happened again.
[19:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:scan! - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:39:47] <exec> 08└─Obviously waiting for a product that hasn't been invented (except in the USPTO filings of patent trolls of course). Throw the bound manual in, wait a few seconds, everything scanned and appended to disk or tape.
[19:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''If you know what you're doing'' - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 1976 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:51] <exec> 08└─Selfstarting exe ...and on top of that, depending on file extensions to determine executability--then hiding those by default. The Klein flask of MICROS~1's logic is just ridiculous. not sane privileges [...] arbitrary programs installing with root privilege Those are the giant ones. It's clear that...
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[20:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fools - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:19] <exec> 08└─That's what they want you to think.
[20:37:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Since day 1 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:21] <exec> 08└─Games have always been where it's at to teach keyboard and mouse skills.
[20:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02True zen of computer use - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:24] <exec> 08└─huh, I thought they lifted the idea from Karate Kid. Wash car left, wash car right, etc... drag drop this, drag drop that.
[20:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Failure of the free market - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 922 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:39] <exec> 08└─Those people who think that the free market will solve every problem should be looking at this. There is information that ad networks are dangerous. There are ad blockers that can solve the issue, yet those ad blockers are not widely used. Why not? According to free market theory, surely people shou...
[20:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Failure of the free market - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:37:41] <exec> 08└─The free market boosters are missing a few very important conditions that doom it to failure. In this case it's a matter of information and choice. Consumers really don't get to actively choose which outsourced ad network might appear on a site and doesn't have a good way to even get enough informat...
[20:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Failure of the free market - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:37:42] <exec> 08└─Consumers never get to chose, they get to consume.
[20:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Failure of the free market - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:37:44] <exec> 08└─And so the free market fails repeatedly.
[20:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 453 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:37:58] <exec> 08└─Inflation is barely any better than deflation. Ideally it should be set up so that coins come and go roughly proportionally to the amount of coins actually being used. Which is an incredibly difficult problem to solve. I've never been opposed to the concept of virtual currency, but one that's design...
[20:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 221 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:02] <exec> 08└─Indeed, if stuff equivalent to fractional reserve banking, loans for amounts that ensure they cannot be realistically be returned, quantitative easing, were employed in bitcoin economy, many people would leave in disgust.
[20:38:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:11] <exec> 08└─Yes and I can hand out lollipops and threaten to shoot anyone who doesn't bend the knee and worship them, but that doesn't bestow actual value on the candy
[20:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Adios - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:38:15] <exec> 08└─Kiss Bitcoin goodbye. This uncertainty on the part of businesses accepting Bitcoin is the end.
[20:38:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 642 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:38:41] <exec> 08└─Things are changing, I had some students who had been fortunate enough to go to classes that are more western in nature. Where they had to talk to each other in class, but in general for all the change, the schools are mostly stuck in the 12th century (or earlier) with very little changed since then...
[20:38:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 117 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:38:43] <exec> 08└─the Chinese pretty much handle these problems the same way, kill the guy in charge and move on like nothing happened.
[20:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:38:51] <exec> 08└─Also, after a generation of one-child policy, babies are VERY important to the Chinese. Killing little Future Han Emperors is a good way to get yourself executed.
[20:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:39:24] <exec> 08└─I liked him until he released this [xkcd.com] strip. In releasing that he self-identified as a hugbox-loving bitchboy, and became an enemy of mine.
[20:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03PinkyGigglebrain [4458] (Score:2) 02Re:This smells - 06Xbox Controllers Rat Out Thieves - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:13] <exec> 08└─All valid points. There is a lot of information about this that we don't have. Hence my hope that someone will follow up and find out why this incident doesn't fit with past situations.
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[21:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Since day 1 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:23] <exec> 08└─> Games have always been where it's at to teach keyboard and mouse skills. I learned vi cursor navigation playing rogue on an early unix system. Unlike the games in this article though, it was explicitly advertised as a way to learn those keys.
[21:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why news? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:25] <exec> 08└─Where was this 20 years ago. God. Had it out the auditors and accountants wanting the games removed because of its rules. Ps I won. That are training tools period Is the article a training tool for SN ??
[21:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why news? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:27] <exec> 08└─I remember reading about this in the early 90s. Kind of late to post this as news now, don't you think?
[21:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Informative) 02Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 988 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:29] <exec> 08└─Back in the Windows 3.0 days this story might have been believable. Not any more. People know how to use a mouse well before they encounter solitaire these days. Yet the games persists. In fact most users wouldn't know how to launch solitaire without a mouse. They could have invented something that...
[21:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:30] <exec> 08└─People know how to use a mouse well before they encounter solitaire these days. Yet the games persists. In fact most users wouldn't know how to launch solitaire without a mouse.
[21:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03N3Roaster [3860] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:32] <exec> 08└─They could have invented something that could be practiced in two minutes to teach all mouse techniques, without consuming hours of time.
[21:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:34] <exec> 08└─The games persist because their removal would result in an outrage. The non-classics get removed all the time (like that pinball thing they added in XP).
[21:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score:2) 02What's in a word. - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:35] <exec> 08└─They probably put Patience in Windows to teach people to have patience.
[21:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:What's in a word. - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:37] <exec> 08└─I thought that was the goal of Windows. Teach patience when things inexplicably break because the developers weren't thinking things through.
[21:37:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:37:39] <exec> 08└─If you haven't ever played Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts or FreeCell, it's safe to say you're in the minority.
[21:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:49] <exec> 08└─I picked up the wonderland api and made my own conky script. No ads, no crap.
[21:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:37:50] <exec> 08└─edit: wonderland = wunderground.
[21:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:18] <exec> 08└─So you should clear the transaction through both block chains for now. That way, no matter which wins in the end, the correct holder of the coins is recorded. Or, just hold (do not transact) until the results are clear.
[21:38:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:19] <exec> 08└─You paint a dark future for exchanges. Which BTC, from what blockchain, do they convert to other currencies? They also have to make a choice, like merchants - and also instantly, and also all together (otherwise one could double-spend BTC_25% in one store and BTC_75% in another.) This requires nearl...
[21:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:21] <exec> 08└─Actually TFS said: The weaker blockchain with only 25% hashing power will be susceptible to attacks. And whatever bitcoins you have right now will co-exist twice in each of those blockchains. You would be able to spend them in one of the blockchains and keep them for yourself in the other blockchai...
[21:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:23] <exec> 08└─That thought crossed my mind as well, but then I thought, so what do you do if the fed takes an action you find harmful? Do you even get to vote on that or lodge a meaningful protest? The answer is no. So even though Bitcoin is far from perfect, I'm thinking that this latest shows a strength rather...
[21:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 1379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:25] <exec> 08└─The basic problem is that Bitcoin is based on a fundamentally flawed idea, namely that you can have a currency with absolutely nothing to back it up. The things that have backed up currency at some point in known history: - Sometimes the currency is a useful physical resource, such as grain, livesto...
[21:38:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:27] <exec> 08└─Well, the miners performed a great deal of computational work, which of course becomes easier with more modern computers, but is still fairly hard to do. The difficulty of creating/obtaining something (scarcity) is a measure of value that has been recognized far longer than any form of money.
[21:38:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:34] <exec> 08└─I'm saying running an economy at gunpoint is not a desirable approach. Although the Soviets had a good run at it, for a while.
[21:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02easy cowboy - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:38:39] <exec> 08└─...so are they at 80% of TPS processing of VISA? why the rush?
[21:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:39:02] <exec> 08└─> In China, generally speaking, everybody is violating some laws and regulations all the time. That is OK. Corruption breeds more corruption. When 'everybody' is breaking the law, nobody wants to work with the 'goody two-shoes' who isn't breaking the law because it makes them feel vulnerable. If eve...
[21:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''the American way'' - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:39:13] <exec> 08└─According to its last filing with the EPA in late 2012 [. . .] Federal law requires that [...] DHS be notified An agency that could have padlocked the West, Texas operation until they were in compliance with standards is OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration). The Neoliberals in Congre...
[21:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Understandable - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:39:55] <exec> 08└─Of course A Brief History of Time is something like 25 years old. We'll have to wait 25 years to see if his book outshines most others in its category.
[21:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No periods - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:04] <exec> 08└─You don't put periods between the N and the S, nor the S and the A.
[21:41:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Bricklayer's wet dream - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:06] <exec> 08└─You Americans are going to need a longer wall.
[21:41:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 606 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:14] <exec> 08└─This PBS documentary [pbs.org] about an orangutan who spent 8 years at a college in Chattanooga is heart breaking. He developed amazing language skills, and the end result was that he was neither human nor orangutan any more. He referred to other orangutans as "orange dogs" because he couldn't comm...
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[22:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:19] <exec> 08└─TMB which "side" do you think made the bomb threats: GG, anti-GG, or pro-lulz?
[22:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:20] <exec> 08└─Six bomb threats? Somebody was trying too hard.
[22:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:21] <exec> 08└─Such is the impotent rage of the Jeopardy! Villain.
[22:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Melodrama - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:37:23] <exec> 08└─Puh-leaze. Whiny people being threatened by other whiny people. Nothing to see here, move along.
[22:37:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:40] <exec> 08└─But putting ads in them and requiring a subscription won't cause outrage, I'm sure.
[22:37:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:44] <exec> 08└─You don't have to ask everyone. I think it is safe to say that you don't understand statistics. Not that I think the author actually did any statistics on this, but your question is still telling.
[22:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:46] <exec> 08└─You don't have to ask everyone.
[22:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:37:47] <exec> 08└─No bomb threats so far. It's probably safe to say it.
[22:38:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Flashback - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:38:05] <exec> 08└─The best part is that this is not a dupe of our August 4th story [soylentnews.org]. It's just the latest malvertising attacks.
[22:38:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 805 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:39] <exec> 08└─The problem with that is that the difficulty in obtaining something (a.k.a. the supply) is not the sole factor in something's value. The perceived usefulness of whatever it is also matters a great deal. For example, let's say somebody invents a new doohickey at a maker lab somewhere, making 1 with a...
[22:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score:2) 02Medium of exchange vs. store of value - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:38:49] <exec> 08└─All the replies seem to be about intrinsic or long-term value. The key advantage of Bitcoin is that it's a nearly friction-free way to transmit money and pay for things. Compare the rakeoffs Paypal or Visa or wire transfers require to the cost of a Bitcoin transaction. Being automatically deflationa...
[22:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Re:This is a feature, not a vulnerability - 06Security Researcher Demonstrates How Parrot Drones Are Easily Taken Down or Hijacked - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:39:04] <exec> 08└─Uh, a device can be both hackable and secure at the same time. By all means, ship a drone with open hardware specs and flashable ROM, using a secure communication protocol by default and giving the owner access to the auth token/key. That's different from a drone which anyone in the vicinity can hij...
[22:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Obvious joke thread here - 06Security Researcher Demonstrates How Parrot Drones Are Easily Taken Down or Hijacked - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:06] <exec> 08└─It's not downed, it's just resting!
[22:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Secret plan revealed: - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:39:47] <exec> 08└─A fake right that they believe overrides all of our other constitutional rights.
[22:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Clev [2946] (Score:1) 02Re:The travesty... - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:40:45] <exec> 08└─Paging Dan Streetmentioner...
[22:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score:2) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 1365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:41:37] <exec> 08└─What I find flippant is the notion that humans have the right to inflict massive suffering on other species because we are superior to them based on the fact that we are smarter than most. Yet we can't fly. We are slow. No built in cutting tools ... and so on. Yes we can apply technology to achieve...
[22:45:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:''If you know what you're doing'' - 06Kaspersky Lab may have Faked Malware to Harm Rivals - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:45:01] <exec> 08└─I don't know about that. I had absolute control over what went on in my computers with 98SE, XP and Vista. Now Win 7 keeps throwing weird stuff at me near every update Tue. I looked at 8 and thought no way. Now it seems as though Win10 (or should I say WinAndroid) is more of same piled higher. Maybe...
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[23:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:37:22] <exec> 08└─Well, let's see. Which side brought us the policy known as "no platform" [wikipedia.org] stipulating that people who are against Social Justice dogma are not even allowed to speak, and should be stopped at all costs? In 2013, radical feminists shut down a Men's Rights talk by pulling a fire alarm at...
[23:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:37:23] <exec> 08└─> Feminists do this all the time I consider myself a feminist and I never do this. Stop generalizing.
[23:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ilPapa [2366] (Score:2) 02Unfortunate Mistake - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:26] <exec> 08└─Actually, it was all a misunderstanding. One of the participants called the organizers and said, "This event has been a complete bomb". They weren't making a threat, they were asking for a refund. The voice data is being analyzed and this surveillance photo of the suspect is being circulated: https:...
[23:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02More to the point... - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:28] <exec> 08└─What kind of conference facility allows attendees at an event being staged at one of its premises to *chose* to stay despite a bomb threat being called in? What were they thinking, given the number of random incidents at public gatherings recently and the possibilty that this specific group has attr...
[23:37:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03number6 [1831] (Score:2) 02The term for this is 'Edutainment' - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 836 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:37:51] <exec> 08└─If you type the word Edutainment into Wikipedia you will be redirected to a page titled Educational entertainment [wikipedia.org]. Further reading will lead you to a page titled Educational game [wikipedia.org], which is a subcategory of the above. After reading those Wikipedia pages, I fail to see...
[23:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03No Respect [991] (Score:2) 02I visit Wunderground regularly - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:16] <exec> 08└─I visit wunderground.com several times a day and have been for a couple of years. Hopefully, flashblock and adblockplus kept me protected. I can count on 1 hand the number of times in the last 2 years that I've clicked on the flashblock icon to let something play, and never on wunderground.
[23:38:32] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bradley13 [3053] 02Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 1243 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:32] <exec> 08└─Why is it more absurd than what happens with the currencies we are accustomed to? At least the Bitcoin fork is up-front, and the potential problems are well-understood, as are the solution. In the most simplest case: just sit on your bitcoings until the fracas is over - they will be valid regardless...
[23:38:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Beryllium Sphere (r) (5062) (Score:2) 02Everything is absurd - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:43] <exec> 08└─The gold standard means your currency unit is tied to the value of a rock and the money supply depends on gold mining technology and exploration, not the needs of the economy. The only non-emotional argument in favor of it is that it's better than irresponsibly managed paper money. Money is simply i...
[23:38:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:49] <exec> 08└─Compare that to Bitcoin, which is backed by ultimately nothing valuable. You can't eat a Bitcoin, they aren't durable like precious metals, and government isn't enforcing their societal role.
[23:38:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:51] <exec> 08└─Except a currency does not need government backing to have a societal role, it only needs societal backing - at any scale of "society".
[23:38:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:38:56] <exec> 08└─Golf has value because way it does outside of the several useful industrial processes.
[23:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:00] <exec> 08└─The guns come into play not because of fiat money, but because the government wants something from the citizens.
[23:39:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Bitcoin is experimental - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:08] <exec> 08└─People forget that this is a social experiment. It is good that bitcoin is being tested in this way. The current monetary system makes no sense and needs to be replaced, but it has been good enough apparently. This is not something to be done lightly.
[23:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Actually in the Sunday NYT - 06AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:41:35] <exec> 08└─$6 for dead tree copy BUT it's worth it this time b/c you get - this story (AT&T/NSA) - long story about Amazon's workplace - long story about California handling the drought and the rest of the paper, for the price of a takeout sandwich.
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